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1. MILLER.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. 3. I912- 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

J. MILLER.

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APPUCATION FILED APR. 3, 1912- 1,173,60Q, Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, n. c.

UNTE El s A E JOSEPH MILLER, CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIG'NDR TO THE GHAMIIONREGISTER COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

- INDEX.

Applicatiqngle d @prdl 3, 1912. Serial No. 688,293.

I following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to an index, and more particularly toan index to be used in connection with a cabinet within which iscontained an account system.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient meansfor holding the name bearing cards or slips, and a still further objectis to provide a card holding means of such character that the said cardsor slips can be quickly and easily inserted or removed, and wheninserted will be maintained in their proper positions and held againstdislocation.

Another object is to provide a transparent covering for said indexthereby maintaining the same clean at all times.

With these objects in View, and also with certain other objects as willhereinafter appear, my invention consists in the novel features ofconstruction and combination all of which will be fully describedhereinafter and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure l is. aperspective view of a cabinet provided with my improved index. Fig. 2 isa detail perspective view showing the rear side of the metal sheet orplate which forms a part of my index. Fig. 3 is a detail perspectiveview showing a portion of one of the spacing and retaining strips. ofone of the name cards or slips. Fig. 5 is a face view of the index. Fig.6 is a side or edge view of the same. Fig. 7 is a vertical sectionalview on the line 77 of F ig. 5, and Fig. 8 is a horizontal section onthe line 88 of Fig. 5.

In the practical embodiment of my invention I employ a thin metallicsheet or plate A, which has a series of slots A punched therein, saidslots being arranged in definite order, that is they are arranged inparallel series with narrow intervening spaces. The portion of metalpunched from the face of the plate to provide the slot A is not detachedbut is pressed rearwardly at a right angle to the face of the plateproviding a horizontal rest or stop A said Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view rest grater A e ving a re t or suppor for the centralportion B of the name card lip 1 the b dy portion of aid ca d beingpassed through the slot next above the rest or support upon'which it isto rest and the upper portion of the card will then be displayed abovethe slot, and in order to maintain these cards or slips in a flatposition and also prevent their accidental dislocation I employ spacingstrips C, which are attached to the front face of the slotted plateintermediate the rows of slots as shown, it being understood of coursethat the slotted plate A is fastened to a suitable back or support D,which in the present instance is shown as the top or cover of thecabinet for containing the account system, but it will of course beunderstood that this lndex can be attached to any other suitable back orsupport. The spacing strips C are preferably of thin metal channeled asshown at C, and flanged as shown at C the panel shape of the stripsmaintaining the flanges at a. sufiicient distance from the face of theslotted plate to permit the ready insertion and removal of the ends ofthe cards beneath the said flanges as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5.

In order to protect the index against dirt and the like I provide atransparent covering panel E, preferably of glass mounted in a suitablemetallic frame F hinged at the lower corners F and adapted to engagespring catches F at the upper corners.

In operation spring catches F are pushed out, the transparent coveringreleased and turned down to a horizontal position. Any card can then beremoved by catching hold of the central portion thereof and pullingupwardly thereon, and a card can be inserted whenever desired byintroducing the central portion through the proper slot, inserting theends beneath the flanges of the facing strip and forcing the samedownwardly until the lower end of the central portion of the cardcontacts with the horizontal rest or support upon the rear face of theslotted sheet or plate just below the slot through which the cardisintroduced, and as each slot has a corresponding rest or support itwill be understood that each and every name -cardor slip introduced willbe held against s ecification of Letters P ate'ntr l a-te ted Feb.29,1-91( i.

' bined system of both.

What I claim is: An index comprising a slotted plate or sheet theslots-of said plate being arranged strips attached to the face of theplate or sheet at the ends of the slots.

JOSEPH MILLER.

Witnesses:

U. J. RING, Jr., C. S. RUMBAUGH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

